Gympie · State Electorate

Migration & Movement in Gympie

How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.

Forty per cent of Gympie residents have moved house in the last five years. While this matches the national figure, the area has seen a notable drop in the number of people arriving from overseas.

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📍 Gympie, State Electorate

Where Gympie sits — People who moved in the last 5 years

40.7% ▲ +1.4%
  • 25.0%–26.4%: 5 areas
  • 26.4%–27.9%: 6 areas
  • 27.9%–29.3%: 8 areas
  • 29.3%–30.7%: 11 areas
  • 30.7%–32.1%: 22 areas
  • 32.1%–33.6%: 26 areas
  • 33.6%–35.0%: 37 areas
  • 35.0%–36.4%: 37 areas
  • 36.4%–37.9%: 35 areas
  • 37.9%–39.3%: 34 areas
  • 39.3%–40.7%: 39 areas
  • 40.7%–42.1%: 34 areas
  • 42.1%–43.6%: 29 areas
  • 43.6%–45.0%: 19 areas
  • 45.0%–46.4%: 24 areas
  • 46.4%–47.9%: 16 areas
  • 47.9%–49.3%: 14 areas
  • 49.3%–50.7%: 8 areas
  • 50.7%–52.1%: 9 areas
  • 52.1%–53.6%: 7 areas
  • 53.6%–55.0%: 4 areas
  • 55.0%–56.4%: 4 areas
  • 56.4%–57.9%: 1 area
  • 57.9%–59.3%: 2 areas
  • 59.3%–60.7%: 5 areas
  • 60.7%–62.1%: 2 areas
  • 62.1%–63.6%: 1 area
  • 63.6%–65.0%: 6 areas

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Gympie — higher than 58% of areas.

People who moved in the last 5 years compared with the state and national average
Gympie40.7%
Rest of Qld 43.5%
Queensland 44.8%
Australia 40.7%

Moving home

People who moved in the last five years.

About 40.7% of people here changed homes in the last five years, a figure that is well below the Queensland average and has barely changed since 2011.

40.7% ▲ +1.4%

Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 40.1%
  • 2016: 41.0%
  • 2021: 40.7%

Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.

Arrivals from overseas

Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.

Recent overseas arrivals make up only 5.7% of the population, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.5%. This has fallen by 4.0 percentage points since 2011.

5.7% ▼ -41.4%

Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 9.7%
  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 5.7%

Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Gympie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30032/gympie/topic/mobility-location